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Dorit Reiss

Professor of Law and the James Edgar Hervey '50 Chair of Litigation

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Bio

Professor Dorit Rubinstein Reiss’ received her undergraduate degree in Law and Political Science from the Faculty of Law in the Hebrew ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ of Jerusalem and her Ph.D. from the Jurisprudence and Social Policy program in UC Berkeley, writing her dissertation on accountability in the liberalized telecommunications and electricity sectors in England, France and Sweden.

Professor Reiss’ initial research examined accountability of administrative agencies at the state, national and international level, using as case studies  the California Public Utility Commission (CPUC), the FAA, and other agencies in the United States and Europe.

Her current research and activities focus on legal and policy issues related to vaccines. She writes about vaccines mandates, policy responses to non-vaccinating, tort issues and administrative issues related to vaccines, and the anti-vaccine movement.

Professor Reiss teaches torts, administrative law, public health law, and several seminars, and appreciates the opportunity to work with UC Law SF’ talented, hardworking body of students.

Education

  • ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ of California, Berkeley
    Ph.D., Jurisprudence and Social Policy
    2007

  • Hebrew ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ of Jerusalem
    LLB., Law and Political Science
    1999

Selected Scholarship

  • ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law 2018

  • Journal of Law Medicine & Ethics 2018

  • ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ of Pittsburgh Law Review 2018

  • Hum. Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics 2018

  • Buffalo Law Review 2015

  • Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 2014

  • UC Law SF Journal 2014

  • Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy 2013

  • Wake Forest Law Review 2012

Courses

  • Torts
  • Courts as a Political Actor
  • Public Health Regulation: Vaccines
  • Administrative Law
  • First Year Statutory Law: Health